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How to Pick Your Tent

On the lookout for some great trekking tents? So are we! We’ve spent days researching and reviewing, looking for our favorites. We’ve managed to compile a list of the best backpacking tents we could find. We’ve listed out each one and given you some of the reasons why we love them along with some important stats. Here are those stats we used to help us pick our favorites:

Capacity: Capacity refers to how many people your tent is designed to hold. There are one-person tents that can hold only one, all the way up to four or more-person tents that are big enough for the whole family.

Seasons: This number will tell you how many seasons this tent is ready for. Most tents are three-season tents, but if you want to cold weather camp, you’ll need a four-season tent to protect you from the cold.

Waterproof: All outdoor tents are either waterproof or water resistant. If your tent isn’t waterproof enough for you, there are always waterproof rain flys that can be added to them for better water protection when you’re camping.

Weight: How much does your tent weigh? While this might not seem like an important question, it is the most important! If you plan to carry your tent on your back, the difference of a pound or two can be huge.

Colors: We’ll let you know how many colors it comes in here. If the trekking tent comes in more than one color, we’ll let you know your options in the description of the item. Who doesn’t like to have a choice?

Size: How big is the inside of the tent? Width and length are important to ensure the tent is long enough for you (and others) to sleep comfortably. We’ll also let you know the height of the tent, too.

Top 10 Products

We’re ready for our top ten best hiking tents. We’ve chosen our favorite ten tents that really stood out against the rest of the pack. But the top two are extra special; the first place will always go to our Top Pick, while the second position will always be held for our number one Budget Pick. Now, let’s get to those reviews!

Our Top Pick is the Winterial Lightweight Tent! This one-person tent is super lightweight at just 3.2 pounds, but it opens up to a big 90 by 38 by 28 inches. It also folds small, bundling down to 18 by 4.5 by 4 inches. The tent is easy to setup, even alone, so you can travel solo with ease. It’s a durable, three-season tent with a full-coverage rain fly to keep you dry and protected from the weather. The Winterial comes several colors: bright orange, pale gray, gray-green, and lime. Included with the Winterial are three bundles of durable, nylon cord, fourteen stakes, a sealed rain fly to keep you dry, and two aluminum poles. But our favorite part of this tent is that one whole side is mesh! So if it isn’t raining and you want to sleep under the stars, you can without worrying about bugs!

Need a two-person lightweight hiking tent on a budget? The Yodo Hiking Tent is a great buy for a great price. It is a three-season, two-person tent that weighs just over three pounds. It’s incredibly lightweight but doesn’t skimp on waterproofing. The polyester walls are PU coated to keep out the weather while durable fiberglass poles keep your tent upright. The Yodo also features a strong storage bag and four metal stakes to get you going. It folds out to a large 83 by 55 by 43 inches and pack-folds down to 23 by 5.5 by 2 inches. These tents come in several super bright colors: sky blue, bright orange, and lime green. We love it for its big mesh doors and PU coated floor to help keep you safe and dry while enjoying your time out in the woods.

Here’s another two-person tent for you! We love ALPS products for their lifetime warranties on all their lightweight hiking tents. Although not as lightweight as our Budget Pick, the ALPS Mountaineering Taurus is ultra durable and will help to keep you dry even on the rainiest of days. The polyester walls and fly have factory-sealed seams, keeping out the weather and bugs. The fly is coated in 2000mm multi-pass urethane for ultra waterproofing. It is freestanding and has easy entry with its two giant doors with massive #8 zippers. This tent offers some great ventilation with its mesh roof that can be easily waterproofed with the fly without sacrificing too much air flow. With two vestibules, you’ll have room for all your stuff without having to sleep on it!

Need something a little bigger? The G4Free Automatic Pop Up Tent sleeps up to three with its massive 95 by 71 by 39-inch open size. Folded down, this tent gets tiny; it’s just 31-inch circle that is 3 inches thick. This hiking tent was our favorite three-person tent. It’s really lightweight for such a big tent at just four-and-a-half pounds. The G4Free comes in three colors, light blue, royal blue, and green. The walls are all water resistant K-Oxford fabric with taped and sealed seams. The floor is also water resistant PE material, and the fly is both water resistant and UV resistant. And this tent is a pop-up tent and can be assembled in no time flat. All you have to do is unzip the carrying case and it starts to pop up all on its own! How cool is that?

The Coleman Hooligan Tent is a fantastic value! This tent comes in two-person, three-person, and four-person sizes. The weight of the two-person is seven pounds and measures out to a big 96 by 72 by 56 inches. So if you want a lot of ceiling height in your tent, the Hooligan is the best hiking tent on this list for it! Also, the rain fly covers the whole tent, and the inner tent is almost entirely mesh. This makes it very ventilated and great for hiking in hot weather. And it still manages to help keep you dry during wet weather too with the Coleman Weather Tec System. The fly is coated with 450mm polyurethane that wraps around your tent to create a safe haven from the rain. The bathtub-style floor is durable and coated with 1000mm polyethylene to keep the water from the wet ground from soaking into your tent. And you get all this for a low price, too!

Need a trekking pole tent that’s also one of the best ultralight backpacking tents? At less than three pounds, the Geertop Ultralight Pole Tent is the lightest tent on this list! This pole tent comes with the option to buy the inner tent, the fly, or both together. The inner tent is a durable, mesh tent that weighs only 0.9 pounds, but is not waterproof (it’s mostly made of mesh). The rain fly weighs about 1.7 pounds and is great for use as a sunshade, a hammock cover, or a pole tent on its own. The set comes in two colors; one is a very pretty sky blue and the other a brilliant orange color. The tent opens to 91 by 43 by 41 inches from a folded 2.4 by 2.4 by 7.4 inches!

Need a tent for three? The Topnaca Backpacking Tent is a very light five pounds but comfortably sleeps three. It opens to 83 by 65 by 45 inches, and is comfortable for a small camping family. The nylon mesh areas are huge, giving you great ventilation. And the rain fly covers the whole tent, leaving no gaps for the rain to find its way in. This tent comes in a variety of colors too, including cyan, sky blue, orange, and yellow green. And it comes in a variety of sizes; there is a two- and a four-person model of the Topnaca Backpacking Tent as well. We love these tents for not only for the wide variety of sizes and colors, but also for the more practical stuff too. It’s super waterproof at 4000mm+ walls and 5000mm+ flooring and even features a sweet, UV coating to keep you and your family protected.

Looking for a weatherproof trekking tent great for two people? The Weanas Weatherproof Tent is ready for almost any kind of three-season weather you can throw at it. The outer shell is made from waterproof 150D anti-tear Oxford fabric indexed at over 4000mm. This tent also claims to be windproof too; it has an incredibly strong aluminum alloy skeleton and deep stakes that help to keep your tent from being blown around. The outer shell is even UV protected, keeping you safe from UV sunlight while you’re sleeping or resting. At only 4 pounds, the Weanas is lightweight. It features two big doors and two vestibules for easy entrance and storage space. So if you want to ensure your camping trips can be in almost any weather, the Weanas Weatherproof Tent is a great choice for you!

If you need something for cold weather, the Hewolf Outdoor Tent is ready for just about anything! This is the first four-season tent on this list. If you like cold-weather camping, a four-season tent is a must. This one-person tent is waterproof, windproof, and lightweight. It comes to just under 5 pounds in spite of all the heavy duty parts and waterproof coatings. The shell is made from 210D waterproof Oxford cloth with 5000mm coating to really keep the water out. The tent opens up to 82 by 54 by 43 inches, and it folds down to a pack size of 18.5 by 6 inches. It features two heavy duty poles and ten aluminum stakes to keep your tent in place even in windy conditions. Although it is a little heavy for a one-man tent, you’ll need the extra protection if your hike takes you into some nasty weather.

Our second four-season tent! If you need a little extra space, the Flytop Camping Tent is a great any weather, two-person tent. It only weighs six pounds, which is great for a two-person space. This trekking tent comes in three colors: blue, green, and orange. It also comes in a slightly cheaper, three-season model. But we were really impressed with the solid construction and the look of the four-season tents. It comes with a snow skirt and a unique ventilation system that allows for airflow without giving up too much thermal protection. It packs down to 6 by 18 by 18 inches, making it small for your pack. And, you’ll love to know that the manufacturer states the Flytop is windproof, waterproof, snowproof, and anti-sediment. You’ll be ready for almost anything in this tent!

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